Build a Great Business.
Live a Great Life.
Most founders are still the bottleneck in their own business — working hard but spinning their wheels. The team isn't fully aligned. Accountability is inconsistent. The same issues keep coming back. Jon helps you fix that with a proven system that creates clarity, accountability, and freedom.
Stop being the bottleneck. Jon helps leadership teams build clarity, accountability, and freedom with a proven system.
Certified EOS Implementer™Sound familiar?
Good team. Real growth. And yet — you're still in every decision, every problem, every meeting that should have happened without you. Your people are capable, but something isn't clicking. Accountability is hit or miss. The same issues keep coming back dressed in different clothes.
You didn't sign up to babysit a business. You signed up to build something.
There's a proven system that changes all of this — and it starts with one conversation.
How I Help
Simple, powerful tools to help you get everything you want from your business. I work with leadership teams to create clarity, build accountability, and drive real results — using a proven system that thousands of companies run on.
Simple, powerful tools to create clarity, accountability, and real results for your leadership team.
Aligned Vision
Get your leadership team 100% on the same page about where you're going and how you'll get there.
Disciplined Execution
Build accountability into every level of the organization so priorities get done — quarter after quarter.
Healthy Teams
Create a cohesive, functional leadership team that trusts each other and resolves issues fast.
The Podcast
The Modern Founder & CEO
Real conversations with founders and CEOs who are building, scaling, and leading — without the fluff. Each episode digs into the decisions, systems, and hard lessons behind great companies.
Apply to Be a GuestDowntown SD Partnership CEO Betsy Brennan on the future of Downtown
with Betsy Brennan,
Intentwise CEO Sreenath Reddy on Personal Growth and Company Performance
with Sreenath Reddy, CEO, Intentwise
Vsimple CEO Buddy Bockweg on the Future of Business and AI
with Buddy Bockweg, CEO, Vsimple
How Strong Is Your Organization?
Take the free Organizational Checkup — 20 questions across the Six Key Components of any business. Get your score instantly and see exactly where to focus.
Sessions & Workshops
From your first Focus Day to annual planning — structured sessions that build Vision, Traction, and a Healthy leadership team.
Explore Sessions & WorkshopsWhat People Are Saying
From founders and CEOs who've worked with Jon
“EOS has completely changed my life. I used to be an over-stressed centralized operator of every decision, problem, option, and solution inside my business. Now I’m a decentralized owner of my business who enjoys owning a business that runs itself. The freedom to live, put my family first, and work ON my business, instead of in it, has given me peace and freedom I never thought possible. I work on my business when and how I want to, while I enjoy knowing it’s firing on all cylinders without my daily management or my time. EOS not only gave me life back, but my business has never been more successful; it’s on a growth trajectory that makes all my wildest dreams well within reach. Now I know it’s not if my business will achieve its goals, but simply when. And it’s such a fun experience to know that and watch it grow! ”
Nick Hooge
Owner of Freedom Boat Club, Seattle
“Jon has been a transformative coach for our leadership team. His ability to ask the right questions at the right time and guide us through real, lasting changes has been invaluable. We're more aligned, more accountable, and honestly — more excited about the business than we've been in years.”
Greg Grand
“Working with Jon has been one of the best investments we've made. He doesn't just teach a system — he coaches you through the hard conversations and holds you accountable. Our leadership team is stronger, our meetings are better, and we actually look forward to planning now.”
Peter Crabtree
Visionary of Crabtree Brands
Upcoming Events
San Diego Founders Summit 2026
San Diego, CA
Jon presents on building companies that run without the founder at the annual Founders Summit.
Leadership Workshop — Spring 2026
San Diego, CA
A half-day workshop helping founders design their ideal life and build a business that supports it.
Meet Jon Kludt
Jon is a leadership coach, speaker, and entrepreneur based in San Diego. With 30 years of entrepreneurial experience, he's built and scaled businesses of his own — so he knows what it feels like to carry the weight.
He works with founders and CEOs of companies with 10 to 250 employees who are ready to stop running their business by feel and start running it on a system.
Serving founders and CEOs across San Diego and throughout the United States.
On The Modern Founder & CEO Podcast, Jon sits down with the people building the companies of tomorrow — and tells their stories with the honesty they deserve.